Two churches. One has a building but no people. The other has people but no building. Why can’t they get together? Read more
Two churches. One has a building but no people. The other has people but no building. Why can’t they get together? Read more
One of liberal Christianity’s favorite shibboleths is this: God comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable. So what happens when conversion leads to comfort? Read more
Traditionalists appeal to the rules. Progressives appeal to relationships. Read more
A kiss between Scarlett and Rhett illustrates how our sexual ethics have changed. Read more
Is it unChristlike to publicly shame the unrepentant? Read more
In a lonely world, the church is uniquely positioned to offer genuine face-to-face human contact. Yet we've spent the past forty years removing the human contact from our Sunday services, to make them more attractive to visitors (and for TV). Read more
The worship spaces we build today are dark, cavernous rooms designed to capture sound and images and broadcast them to the world. The studio audience (aka, the congregation) is almost an afterthought. Read more
Most contemporary churches offer almost nothing of interest to a visitor during the first 30 minutes of the service. Read more
In this book I tell the story of the darkest days in my marriage. Read more